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May 31, 2006

Shibawanko posted:

Isn't there any road that would lead to new elections? In most countries, the fall of the head of state means the fall of the government and new elections.

Let's say Drumpf & Pence both turn out to be compromised and have to go, how much legitimacy and actual power to govern would Ryan have? I understand that it would be a bit like Ford, so did Ford have a lot of power in practice?

yeah in most countries they learned from the shitshow that was the American system's first ~50 years and improved on it substantially.

Ford had very little power, but that was several decades of Imperial Presidency and also a Congress that had nothing to gain through cooperating with him ago.

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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!!
May 31, 2006

Grouchio posted:

How could Snap elections be hypothetically called? Who could do it? Would the lack of precedent smother such an idea from taking hold into action?

they couldn't, nobody could, and yes

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